canful

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noun

As much as a can will hold.

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Meanings

nouncanful (plural canfuls or cansful)

plural canfuls · plural cansful

  1. As much as a can will hold.

    Once off the bush / The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour. / I always felt like crying. It wasn't fair / That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot. / Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not.

    1966, Seamus Heaney, Blackberry-Picking

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quantity contained in a can

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can
Broader
containerful
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can

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From can + -ful.

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Translations

Irish lán canna, lán ceaintín
  • lán cannaas much as a can will hold
  • lán ceaintínas much as a can will hold

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

flucan
Cite this entry
APA

canful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canful

MLA

“canful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “canful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canful.

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